As long as we keep an eye out for urban legends creeping in, that's a great idea. We can't have too many people actually writing good articles and fixing things. Be sure to tell them to source facts so we don't need people to track links and books down to verify unverified stuff. There's enough of that already and if you tell them to source things from the get go, we might not need to do any cleanup after their edits which would be an extra plus.

Mgm

On 11/9/06, Violet/Riga violetriga@gmail.com wrote:

Hi all,

Some of you may be aware of the excellent US trivia magazine and blog "mental_floss" (www.mentalfloss.com). I was recently contacted by them regarding the idea of a "Fixipedia Day". The idea is for their readers to edit a Wikipedia article and correct a mistake/omission/whatever and document it. I see this as similar to External Peer Reviews conducted by magazines such as Nature but with the emphasis on actually contributing rather than critiquing.

I have volunteered to help out with an on-wiki project page for this and have offered my advice on the situation. I believe that this could be an interesting idea that could attract some excellent contributors to the project as well as publicise the goals of Wikipedia. They are currently discussing the idea and thinking of how best to implement, announce, and publicise the day.

So what are peoples opinions of this? Any suggestions? Is it a good idea even?

Regards,

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